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History of
Portable Network Graphics
Last update
Aug. 18
th
2024 11:18:58 AM
Creation date
Apr. 11
th
2011 11:49:06 PM
Seralo
on Aug. 18
th
2024 11:16:43 AM
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Vector graphics
no
Layers support
no
CMYK support (for print)
no
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNG
Seralo
on Aug. 18
th
2024 11:09:40 AM
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Short name
PNG
HDR
no
Description
PNG was created to improve GIF image-file format. Removing patent license issues at that time; and removing 256 colors limitation.
_wb_
on Oct. 3
rd
2021 4:06:49 PM
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Year
1996
Vector graphics
no
Raster image
yes
_wb_
on Oct. 3
rd
2021 10:53:07 AM
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Cons
Lossless only. Poor compression for photographic images.
Maximum bit depth
16-bit
CMYK support (for print)
no
Maximum number of channels
4 (RGBA)
Alexis
on Sep. 21
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2020 9:42:55 PM
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Microsoft Edge
yes
Alexis
on Sep. 21
st
2020 9:03:31 PM
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HDR
no
Matt Dexter Adams
on Dec. 31
st
2016 7:21:54 PM
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Animation support
- Animated PNG is an extension to the PNG format which is compatible with the Gecko and WebKit layout engines and many image editing suites. Users of software incompatible with APNG see the first frame as a still.
File extensions
Still: .png; Animated: .png, .apng
Bre Wight
on Mar. 13
th
2016 3:17:13 PM
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Cons
More complex and larger image files can be large
Only supports web colors (RGB)
Limited compatibility
Commonly used for
Icons
Simple web graphics like logos
Illustrations, or raster text rendering
Bre Wight
on Mar. 13
th
2016 12:58:26 PM
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Pros
Widely accepted format
Lossless
Transparency support
Seralive
on Apr. 11
th
2011 11:49:06 PM
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Mode
70
Name
Portable Network Graphics
Viewer
public
Editor
public
Category
pratical
File extensions
.png
Developed by
W3C (donated by PNG Development Group)
Commonly used for
Icons
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics
Lossless
yes
Short name
PNG
Animation support
no
Internet Explorer
yes
Google Chrome
yes
Safari
yes
Opera
yes
Firefox
yes
Licensed
no
Pros
Lossless
Widely supported format
Transparency support
Transparency support
yes
Layers support
no
Description
PNG was created to improve GIF image-file format. Removing patent license issues at that time; and removing 256 colors limitation.
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